Robinson v. Clipse’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “3. “received such notice of the action that it will not be prejudiced in defending on the merits,” see Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c)(l)(C)(i), and 4.“knew or should have known that the action would have been brought against it, but for a mistake concerning the proper party’s identity,” see Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c)(l)(C)(ii).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilkins v. Montgomery · 531 F. App'x 544 - Tonya Lockhart v. Holiday Inn Express Southwind

2. “An amendment to a pleading relates back to the date of the original pleading when ... the amendment asserts a claim or defense that arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set out-or attempted to be set out-in the original pleading....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nelson v. United States

3. “[T]his rule allows not only the 120 days specified in [Rule 4(m)], but also any additional time resulting from any extension ordered by the court pursuant to that rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 940 F. Supp. 2d 347 - Hoffman v. Daimler Trucks North America, LLC